After making recent remarks on Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever, ESPN sportscaster Monica McNutt has found herself in the middle of a controversy.
McNutt has frequently expressed her opinions about Clark and the Fever; in September 2024, she faced criticism for claiming that she believes Clark should only be given 60% of the credit for the Fever’s playoff berth.
When McNutt was interviewed by the BBC recently, the topic of Clark came up. McNutt acknowledged that she couldn’t dispute the influence Clark is having, given the number of young girls watching her games.
She responded as follows when asked why:
“Caitlin represented, and again, some of this to me probably is not fair to her, because it was not anything that she said or was truly based on her personality, but she was a white girl from the middle of America.
“And so she represented a whole lot to a lot of people, whether that is truly what she prescribed to or not.”
These remarks were criticized by a large number of supporters, and the replies quickly followed.